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Hospital Discharge Visit

Oregon rates for HCPCS 99238

This is the final visit by a doctor or other clinician on the day a patient leaves the hospital, including a review of the hospital stay, final examination, instructions for ongoing care, and preparation of discharge paperwork, for a discharge that takes a shorter amount of time. A longer, more involved discharge process is billed differently.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $138 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$87.10 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$117 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $162Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $76 to $219
$100$200facility $138professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
9 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Oregon· 8th of 51

$129

AK $155NJ $67.61

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.